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British Tag Team Championship (RevPro)
The Undisputed British Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on 17 July 2005. The inaugural champions were AK-47 (Ashe and Kris Linell). The current champions are Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) at Revolution Rumble in London, England on March 31, 2024.
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| Promotion | Revolution Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | 17 July 2005 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) | ||||||||||
| Date won | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
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Title history edit
As of May 14, 2024, there have been 30 reigns shared between 26 different teams consisting of 50 distinctive champions with three vacancies. The inaugural champions were AK-47 (Ashe and Kris Linell). The team of Aussie Open, The Kartel, The Leaders of the New School and The Thrillers have the most reigns as a team at two, while individually, Joel Redman and Sha Samuels have the most with four. The team with the longest reign is The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.), who held the title for 630 days, while the shortest reign belongs to The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet), who held the title for 1 days.
The current champions are Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) at Revolution Rumble on March 31, 2024 in London, England.
Reigns edit
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
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| 1 | AK-47 (Ashe and Kris Linell) | 17 July 2005 | Weekend of Champions: Night II | Orpington, Kent, England | 1 | 216 | Defeated The Chav Army (Battalion and Flaming Red) in the tournament final to become inaugural champions. | [2] | ||
| 2 | The Untouchables (Dave Moralez and Jack Storm) | 18 February 2006 | A Taste of IPW | Orpington, Kent, England | 1 | 218 | [3] | |||
| 3 | Dragon Hearts (Dragon Phoenix and Spud) | 24 September 2006 | 2nd Anniversary Weekend: Night II | Orpington, Kent, England | 1 | 77 | This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. | [4] | ||
| 4 | $wiss Money Holding (Ares and Claudio Castagnoli) | 10 December 2006 | The Dome Show | Colchester, Essex, England | 1 | 287 | Defeated Luke Phoenix (aka Dragon Phoenix) and Bubblegum, who substituted for Spud. | [5] | ||
| 5 | The Kartel (Sha Samuels and Terry Frazier) | 23 September 2007 | 3rd Anniversary Weekend: Night II | Orpington, Kent, England | 1 | 371 | [6] | |||
| 6 | The Thrillers (Doug Basham, Iestyn Rees, Joel Redman, Mark Haskins and Ricky Hype) | 28 September 2008 | Fourth Anniversary Tour - Wolves | Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England | 1 | 217 | Defended the title under the Freebird Rule. | [7] | ||
| 7 | The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.) | 3 May 2009 | The Sittingbourne Spectacular | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 1 | 495 | Defeated Joel Redman and Mark Haskins, who represented The Thrillers. | [8] | ||
| 8 | The All Stars (Mikey Whiplash and Robbie Dynamite) | 10 September 2010 | Dragon Gate Yokosuka vs. SHINGO 2 | Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England | 1 | 86 | This was a Dark match | [9] | ||
| 9 | The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.) | 5 December 2010 | Brawl At The Hall | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 2 | 630 | Defeated ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London) in the finals of a three-team round-robin tournament, also involving The All Stars. | [10] | ||
| 10 | Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby) | 26 August 2012 | Summer Sizzler | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 1 | 293 | [11] | |||
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| 11 | The Swords of Essex (Paul Robinson and Will Ospreay) | 15 June 2013 | When Thunder Strikes | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 273 | [12] | |||
| 12 | The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) | 15 March 2014 | High Stakes | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 1 | [13] | |||
| 13 | The Kartel (Sha Samuels and Terry Frazier | 16 March 2014 | Sittingbourne Spectacular | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 2 | 91 | [14] | |||
| 14 | England's Calling (Joel Redman (2) and Martin Stone) | 15 June 2014 | Summer Sizzler | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 245 | [15] | |||
| 15 | The Thrillers (Joel Redman (3) and Mark Haskins (2) | 15 February 2015 | High Stakes | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 2 | 119 | Mark Haskins replaced Martin Stone as Joel Redman's tag team partner. | [16] | ||
| 16 | The Revolutionists (James Castle and Sha Samuels (3)) | 14 June 2015 | Summer Sizzler | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 364 | Defeated Joel Redman and Jake McCluskey, who substituted for Mark Haskins. | [17] | ||
| 17 | Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman (4) | 12 June 2016 | Angle vs. Sabre Jr. | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 266 | [18] | |||
| 18 | CCK (Chris Brookes and Travis Banks) | 5 March 2017 | Live At The Cockpit | Marylebone, London, England | 1 | 232 | [19] | |||
| 19 | Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) | 23 October 2017 | Monday Night Mayhem | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 1 | 89 | [20] | |||
| 20 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr. (3)) | 20 January 2018 | High Stakes | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 475 | [21] | |||
| 21 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) | 10 May 2019 | Epic Encounter | Bethnal Green, Greater London, England | 1 | 50 | [22] | |||
| 22 | Josh Bodom and Sha Samuels (4) | 29 June 2019 | Ungovernable | Manchester, England | 1 | 71 | This was a four-way match, also involving Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi & Evil) and Team WhiteWolf (A-Kid & Carlos Romo). | [23] | ||
| — | Vacated | September 8, 2019 | — | — | — | — | Stripped of the championships after Bodom was fired by RevPro following a shoot attack on referee Aaren Wilde on August 30, 2019. | [24] | ||
| 23 | The Legion (Great-O-Kharn and Rampage Brown) | 13 October 2019 | Live In Southampton | Southampton, England | 1 | 560 | Defeated Dan Magee and Kurtis Chapman for the vacant titles. On 24 November 2019, edition of British J Cup, Legion defeated Moonlight Express (Mao and Mike Bailey) to unify the titles with SWE Tag Team Championship. | [25][26] | ||
| — | Vacated | 25 April 2021 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Rampage Brown signed with WWE and Great-O-Kharn returned to Japan. | |||
| 24 | Destination Everywhere (Michael Oku and Connor Mills) | 21 August 2021 | IX Anniversary | Manchester, England | 1 | 29 | Defeated The Legion (Lucian Phillips and Screwface Ahmed) in the finals of Great British Tag League to win the vacant titles. | [27][28] | ||
| 25 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) | 19 September 2021 | High Stakes | Manchester, England | 2 | 63 | This was a winner takes all match, where Aussie Open's PWA Tag Team Championship was also in the line. | [29] | ||
| 26 | Ricky Knight Jr. and Roy Knight | 21 November 2021 | Uprising | London, England | 1 | 49 | [30] | |||
| 27 | Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) | 9 January 2022 | Live In London | London, England | 1 | 287 | Defeated Ricky Knight Jr. and Zak Knight, who substituted for Roy Knight. | [31] | ||
| 28 | Greedy Souls (Brendan White and Danny Jones) | 23 October 2022 | Live In London | London, England | 1 | 259 | [32] | |||
| 29 | Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews) | 9 July 2023 | Epic Encounter 2023 | London, England | 1 | 310 | [33] | |||
| 30 | Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) | March 31, 2024 | Revolution Rumble | London, England | 1 | 44+ | [34] | |||
Combined reigns edit
Record tying two-time and longest reigning champions The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.)
As of May 14, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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By team edit
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.) | 2 | 1,125 |
| 2 | The Legion (Great-O-Khan and Rampage Brown) | 1 | 560 |
| 3 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) | 1 | 475 |
| 4 | The Kartel (Sha Samuels and Terry Frazier) | 2 | 462 |
| 5 | The Revolutionists (James Castle and Sha Samuels) | 1 | 364 |
| 6 | The Thrillers (1st reign: Doug Basham, Iestyn Rees, Joel Redman, Mark Haskins and Ricky Hype) (2nd reign: Redman and Haskins) | 2 | 336 |
| 7 | Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby) | 1 | 293 |
| 8 | Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) | 1 | 287 |
| $wiss Money Holding (Ares and Claudio Castagnoli) | 1 | 287 | |
| 10 | Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews) | 1 | 279 |
| 11 | The Swords of Essex (Paul Robinson and Will Ospreay) | 1 | 273 |
| 12 | Charlie Garrett and Joel Redman | 1 | 266 |
| 13 | Greedy Souls (Brendan White and Danny Jones) | 1 | 259 |
| 14 | England's Calling (Joel Redman and Martin Stone) | 1 | 245 |
| 15 | CCK (Chris Brookes and Travis Banks) | 1 | 232 |
| 16 | The Untouchables (Dave Moralez and Jack Storm) | 1 | 218 |
| 17 | AK-47 (Ashe and Kris Linell) | 1 | 216 |
| 18 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) | 2 | 113 |
| 19 | Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) | 1 | 89 |
| 20 | The All Stars (Mikey Whiplash and Robbie Dynamite) | 1 | 86 |
| 21 | Dragon Hearts (Dragon Phoenix and Spud) | 1 | 77 |
| 22 | Josh Bodom and Sha Samuels | 1 | 71 |
| 23 | Ricky Knight Jr. and Roy Knight | 1 | 49 |
| 24 | Grizzled Young Veterans † (James Drake and Zack Gibson) | 1 | 44+ |
| 25 | Destination Everywhere (Michael Oku and Connor Mills) | 1 | 29 |
| 26 | The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) | 1 | 1 |
By wrestler edit
Record tying four-time champion (with Sha Samuels) Joel Redman.
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 3 | 1,600 |
| 2 | Marty Scurll | 2 | 1,125 |
| 3 | Sha Samuels | 4 | 897 |
| 4 | Joel Redman | 4 | 847 |
| 5 | Great-O-Khan | 1 | 560 |
| Rampage Brown | 1 | 560 | |
| 7 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 475 |
| 8 | Terry Frazier | 2 | 462 |
| 9 | James Castle | 1 | 364 |
| 10 | Mark Haskins | 2 | 336 |
| 11 | Kris Travis | 1 | 293 |
| Martin Kirby | 1 | 293 | |
| 13 | Ares | 1 | 287 |
| Chuck Mambo | 1 | 287 | |
| Claudio Castagnoli | 1 | 287 | |
| TK Cooper | 1 | 287 | |
| 17 | Flash Morgan Webster | 1 | 279 |
| Mark Andrews | 1 | 279 | |
| 19 | Paul Robinson | 1 | 273 |
| Will Ospreay | 1 | 273 | |
| 21 | Charlie Garrett | 1 | 266 |
| 22 | Brendan White | 1 | 259 |
| Danny Jones | 1 | 259 | |
| 24 | Martin Stone | 1 | 245 |
| 25 | Chris Brookes | 1 | 232 |
| Travis Banks | 1 | 232 | |
| 27 | Dave Moralez | 1 | 218 |
| Jack Storm | 1 | 218 | |
| 29 | Doug Basham | 1 | 217 |
| Iestyn Rees | 1 | 217 | |
| Ricky Hype | 1 | 217 | |
| 32 | Ashe | 1 | 216 |
| Kris Linell | 1 | 216 | |
| 34 | Kyle Fletcher | 2 | 113 |
| Mark Davis | 2 | 113 | |
| 36 | Trent Seven | 1 | 89 |
| Tyler Bate | 1 | 89 | |
| 38 | Mikey Whiplash | 1 | 86 |
| Robbie Dynamite | 1 | 86 | |
| 40 | Dragon Phoenix | 1 | 77 |
| Spud | 1 | 77 | |
| 42 | Josh Bodom | 1 | 71 |
| 43 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 1 | 49 |
| Roy Knight | 1 | 49 | |
| 45 | James Drake † | 1 | 44+ |
| Zack Gibson † | 1 | 44+ | |
| 47 | Michael Oku | 1 | 29 |
| Connor Mills | 1 | 29 | |
| 49 | Rich Swann | 1 | 1 |
| Ricochet | 1 | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
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External links edit
- RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Championship